FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURERS & DEFENSE ATTORNEYS

Transform Your Defendants Into
Your Greatest Asset

Defense LEAP delivers the education and emotional tools defendants need to perform under pressure before they ever walk into a deposition.

4.89/5 Program Rating

8 Modules

6 CME Credits

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FOR MEDICAL MALPRACTICE INSURERS & DEFENSE ATTORNEYS

Transform Your Defendants Into
Your Greatest Asset

Defense LEAP delivers the education and emotional tools defendants need to perform under pressure before they ever walk into a deposition.

Contact Us for More Information

The Hidden Cost of Unprepared Defendants

Every medical malpractice insurer and defense attorney has experienced these challenges

 Unnecessary Settlements

You've settled cases despite good medical care because defendants couldn't handle the emotional pressure of litigation.

Deposition Disasters

Defendants emotionally collapse at deposition, becoming defensive, tearful, or unable to communicate effectively.

Poor Trial Performance

Fear, shame, and lack of preparation lead to weak testimony that undermines even the strongest medical defense.

Spiraling Costs

You've settled cases despite good medical care because defendants couldn't handle the emotional pressure of litigation.

The Hidden Cost of Unprepared Defendants

Every medical malpractice insurer and defense attorney has experienced these challenges

 Unnecessary Settlements

You've settled cases despite good medical care because defendants couldn't handle the emotional pressure of litigation.

Deposition Disasters

Defendants emotionally collapse at deposition, becoming defensive, tearful, or unable to communicate effectively.

❌ Poor Trial Performance

Fear, shame, and lack of preparation lead to weak testimony that undermines even the strongest medical defense.

Spiraling Costs

You've settled cases despite good medical care because defendants couldn't handle the emotional pressure of litigation.

4.89/5

Average Rating from Pilot Program Participants

"This program broke down the litigation process step by step, helping me understand what to expect and how to prepare effectively."

— Physician LEAP Participant

"No one teaches us how to deal with the emotional toll of litigation—until now. This program was exactly what I needed."

— Physician LEAP Participant

"You can get so much out of it for relatively little time. It's like a roadmap that will keep you from driving in circles for hours and hours."

— Physician LEAP Participant

The Defense LEAP Solution

Defense LEAP is the first physician-created litigation education program specifically designed to complement and enhance the work of medical malpractice professionals. Created by Dr. Gita Pensa—a physician who lived through 12 years of litigation herself—this program addresses both the practical and emotional challenges defendants face.

8 Comprehensive Modules

Self-paced video curriculum covering everything from litigation basics to trial testimony

Evidence-Based Coaching

Performance strategies and emotional resilience tools used in Dr. Pensa's 1:1 coaching practice

Physician-to-Physician

Delivered by a trusted colleague who understands the unique stress of being sued

The Defense LEAP Solution

Defense LEAP is the first physician-created litigation education program specifically designed to complement and enhance the work of medical malpractice professionals. Created by Dr. Gita Pensa—a physician who lived through 12 years of litigation herself—this program addresses both the practical and emotional challenges defendants face.

8 Comprehensive Modules

Self-paced video curriculum covering everything from litigation basics to trial testimony

Evidence-Based Coaching

Performance strategies and emotional resilience tools used in Dr. Pensa's 1:1 coaching practice

Physician-to-Physician

Delivered by a trusted colleague who understands the unique stress of being sued

Dual Benefits: Defendants & Defense Teams

For Clinician Defendants

 Essential, vetted education on litigation from a trusted physician colleague

 Relief from feelings of shame and isolation that come with being sued

 Performance and self-coaching strategies for confidence

 Tools to show up prepared—before working with attorney in earnest

CME/CNE credits as additional incentive for completion

For Defense Teams & MPL Carriers

 More receptive, engaged, and prepared clients

Enhanced deposition and trial performance

Potential for superior legal outcomes and fewer settlements

Reduced expert review and emotional support costs

Higher defendant satisfaction and retention

 

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8 Modules • Self-Paced • ~6 Hours Total

From Litigation Basics to Trial Testimony—Everything Your Defendants Need to Know

1. Introduction & Litigation Roadmap

Course overview, origins of litigation stress, litigation roadmap, and the two big goals defendants must achieve

2. Understanding the Legal Landscape

Basic "legalese," players and their roles, playing the long game, introduction to the coaching model

3. The Aftermath of an Adverse Event

Deservingness, the myth of error-less medicine, trauma responses, physician stories and narrative power

4. Self-Coaching for Performance Under Pressure

Thoughts, beliefs, habits, common thought traps, approaching deposition, understanding expert witnesses

5. Mastering Deposition Performance

Deposition dynamics, pre-deposition preparation, in-the-moment techniques, managing fear and reactivity

6. Legal Concepts & Personal Resilience

Next level legalese, litigation as catalyst, radical self-care, relationship maintenance, course correction tools

7. Settlement vs. Trial—Navigating Next Steps

Practical and emotional considerations, trial overview, jury considerations, introduction to trial testimony

8. Integration, Reflection, & Future Choices

Making sense of the experience, remembering your tools, integration and practice, career choices

About Dr. Gita Pensa, MD, FAAEM

The Physician Who Lived It and Now Teaches Others

Dr. Gita Pensa is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading experts on malpractice litigation stress and physician litigation support. After enduring a 12-year malpractice case herself—including two high-stakes jury trials—Dr. Pensa's career took a transformative turn.

Her podcast curriculum, "Doctors and Litigation: The L Word," is now used as a teaching tool in medicine, law, and the malpractice insurance industry. She works as a consultant to medical malpractice insurance companies and defense attorneys and maintains a busy practice as a well-being and performance coach for defendants in litigation.

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 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University

 Featured at SXSW Festival, documentary "A World of Hurt," Time Magazine

 EMRA National Faculty Mentor of the Year 2018

 RI ACEP Special Service Recognition Award 2019

 Managing Editor, Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives (EM:RAP)

About Dr. Gita Pensa, MD, FAAEM

The Physician Who Lived It and Now Teaches Others

Dr. Gita Pensa is widely recognized as one of the nation's leading experts on malpractice litigation stress and physician litigation support. After enduring a 12-year malpractice case herself—including two high-stakes jury trials—Dr. Pensa's career took a transformative turn.

Her podcast curriculum, "Doctors and Litigation: The L Word," is now used as a teaching tool in medicine, law, and the malpractice insurance industry. She works as a consultant to medical malpractice insurance companies and defense attorneys and maintains a busy practice as a well-being and performance coach for defendants in litigation.

 Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Brown University

 Featured at SXSW Festival, documentary "A World of Hurt," Time Magazine

 EMRA National Faculty Mentor of the Year 2018

 RI ACEP Special Service Recognition Award 2019

 Managing Editor, Emergency Medicine Reviews and Perspectives (EM:RAP)

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The Investment That Pays For Itself

Lower Expert Hours

Defendants arrive educated and emotionally prepared, reducing costly expert review time

Reduced Settlement Costs

Better-prepared defendants mean fewer pressure settlements and improved case outcomes

Better Outcomes

Confident defendants perform better at deposition and trial, improving your win rate

All for Less Than One Hour of Expert Case Review Per User

A small investment with measurable returns in case outcomes and client satisfaction

Simple Implementation Process

License

License the program for your organization

Customize

We add your branding and custom messaging

Deploy

Provide access to your defendants

Track

Monitor completion and CME credit awards

Timeline

2-4 weeks from contract signing to full launch                                                                                                           

Customization

Custom branding, organization-specific intro video, white-label options available

Support

Ongoing technical assistance and usage analytics dashboard included

Simple Implementation Process

License

License the program for your organization

Customize

We add your branding and custom messaging

Deploy

Provide access to your defendants

Track

Monitor completion and CME credit awards

Timeline

2-4 weeks from contract signing to full launch    

Customization

Custom branding, organization-specific intro video, white-label options available

Support

Ongoing technical assistance and usage analytics dashboard included

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See how Defense LEAP can improve case outcomes, reduce costs, and deliver better results for your organization.

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